Steorn's perpetual motion claims are extraordinary. They've raised millions from investors, and 2007 is the year that this will all change the world or Steorn will fall apart. Which will it be? Find out here first.

So far the information we have, reported by an anonymous insider over on reddit, is that the demo should take place next week, and that Steorn is in the process of setting everything up at the Waterways of Dublin. The anonymous source has posted photos inside and outside of the building:

Also pointed out in the reddit post is that Steorn is projecting the following video on the side of one of the buildings:

The video contains the following quotes, including the final Jury decision:

The video teaser concludes with the blasphemies quote, which we've heard a few times from Steorn.

If you are feeling Steorn withdraw and want to read about what has been going on this year, especially related to Steorn's 300 announcement, I recommend checking out Nolan Chart's blog. Nolan is a true optimist, but as you can see from his most recent posts he's beginning to realize the situation the 300 are in.

Ok, two observations... all the threads are back up on the Steorn forum... 11 hours before the public demonstration. And looking back over the threads it appears that 007 won the last poster wins thread. In the spirit of having sent babcat to Dublin.... somebody should buy that poor sod a victory Guinness.

Where is the Orbo from Kinetica? If it worked as they claim before the Kinetica fiasco, why is it not repaired and on display with the new unit? They have had ample time to fix it. Maybe because it never, ever worked and Sean is a lying SoS.

So what do we have, a well-known electric motor variant spinning a disc with low friction bearings, powered by a battery. Yawn, yawn... I wonder why they didn't add a few other well-known inventions like a voltmeter, ammeter and oscilloscope so we could see what it was doing. Whoever heard of a perpetual motion machine with a battery in it - it's too funny! If it was really working as claimed all you would have to do (without a battery) was give it a spin by hand to set it going :)

Surely, they should have gone for a mucked-about Stirling engine - needs no battery - appears to spin happily with no input of energy (to the man with no knowledge of physics) and works even better with hot lights shining on it.

I have a Timex that is guaranteed to run for 10 years on its battery, which is scads smaller than that D cell. Clearly, the battery throws a major monkey wrench into the demo, predictably encouraging us to point our fingers and cry "foul!". This demo runs until Dec 23 then starts again for the month of January; I predict at that time they do the same demo but omitting the battery. In other words.. I'm pretty sure we're being manipulated somehow.

Look, we've all seen unbelievable things in the past before, just watch any TV magician like James Randi to see better tricks than this.

So I will be steadfastly skeptical until something is scientifically proven; in the meantime this is nothing but a grandstanding spectacle that is contrived to hide what is really going on, which is to get suckers excited & cough up some cash to keep the circus rolling.

First of all, the video feeds are up & down as fast as a yo-yo, so whatever proof they are intending to demonstrate is completely destroyed. They could easily be changing the battery whenever the coast is clear and the video gets knocked out -- so I won't be bothering to watch any more.

Second, the first live talk that was held yesterday Dec 19 (and is available as a recording now) sounds pretty technical and seems to demonstrate something unexpected, but with my limited knowledge of electric motors I am unqualified to judge how remarkable that is. I understand the function of the oscilloscope, but the voltage trace seems like a non-issue to me: if you supply a constant potential difference to the machine, and you monitor that, where's the miracle?

What I can say, is if you found a means of providing free energy, how come you aren't selling it to the grid at 9 cents per kWh after all these years? That's a rhetorical question: the statement is, it's a bunch of baloney.

Suppose the Orbo has a "COP of 2", then we take one "fully charged" 1000mAh battery and one "fully discharged" 2000mAh battery and two diodes.

Let us connect both batteries to the Orbo at the same time by using the diodes:We connect one diode to the fully charged 1000mAh-battery, this battery can now only be discharge by the Orbo. We connect the other diode the other way around to the discharged 2000mAh-battery, so this battery can now only be charged by the Orbo.

Keep the Orbo running until the 1000mAh battery is empty. Now let us measure the charge of the 2000mAh-battery. If it has ben charged with 2000mAh then the Orbo has a COP of 2, but if the charge is less than 1000mAh, then the Orbo does not work as promised by Steorn.

"After declaring bankruptcy in Germany, Mike Brady rented a house at Lake Zurich in Switzerland and leased a fleet of Maserati and several Range Rovers. He was arrested on March 29 and extradited to Germany where 61 customers wanted their money back ($1 million Euros+) for non-delivered 100 and 300-kw electromagnetic motors."

"He said that the company would publish details of the technology behind the Orbo system on its website this week."

"Steorn’s latest accounts show a loss of about €3 million in 2008, bringing its accumulated losses to €12.4 million."

"McCarthy said the firm should break even or make a modest profit this year, and had the support of its shareholders."

"Sean McCarthy, chief executive of Steorn, said he expected at least 5,000 people to pay a licence fee of €419 to use the so called Orbo technology this year. The income from Steorn’s ‘developer forum’ would help it to break even this year, he said"

At www.moletrap.co.uk/forum they say that Steorn is offering "Orbo evaluation kits" by e-mail :

"Orbo Evaluation and Development System due for release in October

Steorn is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of the Orbo Evaluation and Development System, comprising an Orbo Evaluation and Development Unit (OEDU), Developer License and membership of the SKDB, Steorn's online learning and development community.

Register now and avail of an early registration discount price of €360

Electronic and electrical engineers can use the OEDU to:Evaluate the core principle of Orbo Technology, which is that a time-variant magnetic interaction leads to a non-conservative energy resultModify key parameters that adjust performance and efficiencyPrototype and develop products driven by Orbo Technology

In short, the OEDU provides engineers with a perfect hands-on introduction to this revolutionary new energy technology."

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